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7610426 System management mode code modifications to increase computer system security  
Methods for processing more securely. Embodiments provide effective and efficient mechanisms for reducing APIC interference with accesses to SMRAM, where enhanced SMM code implementing these...
7581052 Approach for distributing multiple interrupts among multiple processors  
A method and apparatus for distributing multiple interrupts among multiple processors is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an interrupt daemon monitors the interrupt load among the processors...
7562173 Handling shared interrupts in bios under a virtualization technology environment  
A custom interrupt service routine may be developed to handle interrupt requests that would not be appropriately handled by either of two operating system guests in a virtualization technology (VT)...
7546406 Virtualization of a global interrupt queue  
A method, system, and article of manufacture for processing virtual interrupts in a logically partitioned system are provided. An intelligent virtual global interrupt queue (virtual GIQ) that may...
7502674 On-vehicle terminal system  
In an on-vehicle terminal system operating a plurality of operating systems, control of peripheral devices connected to the on-vehicle terminal system can be continued even if one of the operating...
7464211 Method of detecting and recovering a lost system management interrupt (SMI) in a multiprocessor (MP) environment  
A method for handling multiple system management interrupt (SMI) events in a multiprocessor system. The method comprises a first set of one or more processors in the multiprocessor system receiving...
7464210 Data processing system having a data transfer unit for converting an integer into a floating-point number when tranferring data from a peripheral circuit to a memory  
This invention provides a data processing system capable of performing an interrupt exception handling routine as many times as the number of times of occurrence of a request event for the same...
7454547 Data exchange between a runtime environment and a computer firmware in a multi-processor computing system  
A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for exchanging data between an application program and a firmware in a computer system having multiple CPUs are provided. According to the...
7447820 Retargeting of platform interrupts  
Systems, methods, and apparatus to retarget platform interrupts in a reconfigurable system. Some embodiments include identifying each processor of a multiprocessor system capable of processing...
7433985 Conditional and vectored system management interrupts  
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to process system management interrupt. A system management interrupt (SMI) is received. The SMI is associated with a system management mode...
7415561 Computer for dynamically determining interrupt delay  
In a computer having a unit for outputting an interrupt request to a processor, a delay condition from occurrence of an interrupt event to issue of an interrupt request to the processor can be...
7409483 Methods and apparatuses to provide message signaled interrupts to level-sensitive drivers  
Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described to issue message signaled interrupts. In some disclosed embodiments, a device generates message signaled interrupts in a manner that...
7386646 System and method for interrupt distribution in a multithread processor  
A system and method for interrupt distribution in a multithread processor are disclosed. A connection between an interrupt and a set of thread processors can be programmed. When the interrupt is...
7363412 Interrupting a microprocessor after a data transmission is complete  
A network device includes a first port to allow the device to communicate with other devices on an expansion bus. The device also includes a second port to allow the device to communicate with...
7363411 Efficient system management synchronization and memory allocation  
A method and apparatus for optimization of multiprocessor synchronization and allocation of system management memory space is herein described. When a system management interrupt (SMI) is received,...
7363409 Interrupt control system and method for reducing interrupt latency  
An interrupt control system is disclosed. The interrupt control system can include control logic that provides at least one interrupt request signal to a processor in response to at least one event...
7353312 Method and apparatus for detecting conditions for blocking a CPU's receipt of signals returned from a peripheral device  
A method for determining blocking signals is used to judge whether to block a return signal transmitted to a CPU or not when a system management interrupt (SMI) signal is transmitted to the CPU,...
7350007 Time-interval-based system and method to determine if a device error rate equals or exceeds a threshold error rate  
An apparatus and method to determine if a device error rate equals or exceeds a threshold. In an apparatus embodiment, a system comprises a device, and an interrupt handler executable by a...
7350006 System and method of interrupt handling  
A multiprocessor system and method wherein one of the processors is assigned the responsibility of handling interrupts and identifying the next processor to handle an interrupt. When that processor...
7275122 Method and system for maintaining a desired service level for a processor receiving excessive interrupts  
A method and system for maintaining a desired service level for a processor receiving excessive interrupts. The method includes the operation of defining an interrupt processing period during which...
7263568 Interrupt system using event data structures  
Provided are techniques for interrupt processing. An Input/Output device determines that an event has occurred. The Input/Output device determines a state of an event data structure. The...
7263567 Method and apparatus for lowering the die temperature of a microprocessor and maintaining the temperature below the die burn out  
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes determining whether the temperature of a central processing unit (CPU) exceeds a predetermined threshold. In addition, the...
7222347 Method and apparatus for processing real-time events associated with a wireless communication protocol  
A processor may perform real-time event processing of real-time events in a manner that enables a radio module equipped computer system to operate in accordance with a wireless communication...
7222251 Microprocessor idle mode management system  
An idle mode system has a clock gating circuit, a bus interface unit, memory interfaces and an interrupt and idle control unit. The clock gating circuit receives a first clock and designated...
7206833 Platform independent alert detection and management  
Platform independent alert detection and management. A software-based intermediary referred to herein as an alert proxy is used to transform binary, device-specific event or alert data into...
7200701 System and method for processing system management interrupts in a multiple processor system  
A system and method for processing system management interrupts in multiple processor systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for processing a system management interrupt (SMI) in an...
7197588 Interrupt scheme for an Input/Output device  
Provided are techniques for interrupt processing. An Input/Output device determines that an event has occurred. The Input/Output device determines a processor identifier and determines an event...
7197587 Systems-events core for monitorings system events for a cellular computer system within a parent computer system, system-event manager for monitoring system events for more than one cellular computer system, and related system and method  
A system-event core for monitoring system events in a cellular computer system within a parent computer system is provided. The system-event core comprises: a control register block for each cell...
7185125 Device for transferring data via write or read pointers between two asynchronous subsystems having a buffer memory and plurality of shadow registers  
Device for transferring data between two asynchronous systems communicating via a FIFO memory. The first system comprises a write pointer register and the second system comprises a read pointer...
7181605 Deterministic shut down of memory devices in response to a system warm reset  
A method to deterministically shut down memory devices in response to a system warm reset has been disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes causing a first type of reset in a number of...
7167893 Methods and systems for processing a plurality of errors  
As part of handling a large amount of error information generated on a mainframe system associated, for example, with a telephone billing system, a utility software program allows a user to easily...
7159058 State indicating information setting circuit and status bit setting circuit  
A state indicating information setting circuit and a status bit setting circuit are responsive to detection of a predetermined state by a predetermined state detecting part for setting...
7099963 Method and system for monitoring embedded disk controller components  
A history module for monitoring plural components in an embedded disk controller with a first main processor operationally coupled to a first bus and a second processor operationally coupled to a...
7096296 Supercharge message exchanger  
A system with a first random access memory (RAM), a second RAM, a first processor coupled to the first RAM and a second processor coupled to the second RAM. The first RAM is configured to store...
7093036 Processor state aware interrupts from peripherals  
A method, apparatus and computer product wherein interrupt thresholds are automatically adjusted based on the current state of the processor. The processor provides an output signal, possibly on...
7086056 Processor unit for executing event processes in real time without causing process interference  
A processor unit executes a failure detection program for a vehicle. The failure detection program includes a first failure detection process of a high priority level, a second failure detection...
7076667 Storage device having secure test process  
In a storage device for maintaining information when power is OFF and being capable of executing a test process based on test signals, a test terminal inputs the test signals and an instruction...
7043729 Reducing interrupt latency while polling  
Systems, methods, and software for reducing system management interrupt (SMI) latency while operating in system management mode. The present invention implements a technique for exiting system...
7007119 System and method for supporting split transactions on a bus  
System and method for supporting split transactions on a bus. The method may comprise processing a periodic frame list of external bus data frame by frame, and traversing each frame node by node....
7000051 Apparatus and method for virtualizing interrupts in a logically partitioned computer system  
A resource and partition manager virtualizes interrupts without using any additional hardware in a way that does not disturb the interrupt processing model of operating systems running on a logical...
6973583 Information processing apparatus having an interrupt function  
The present invention aims to reduce a waiting time of an information processing machine from reception of an interrupt request signal to an actual start of an interrupt process. The information...
6968410 Multi-threaded processing of system management interrupts  
An information capturing technique captures information on a processor cycle that results in a high level interrupt, such as an SMI (System Management Interrupt). A memory controller is connected...
6917997 Integrated circuit including interrupt controller with shared preamble execution and global-disable control bit  
A interrupt controller includes specialized interfaces and controls for ARM7TDMI-type microcontroller cores. Such sends interrupt vectors and IRQ or FIQ interrupt requests to the processor...
6889278 Method and apparatus for fast acknowledgement and efficient servicing of interrupt sources coupled to high latency paths  
A system and technique provides fast acknowledgement and servicing of interrupt sources coupled to a high latency path of an intermediate node of a computer network. An external device coupled to...
6851006 Interruption handler-operating system dialog for operating system handling of hardware interruptions  
Starting and establishing a dialog between an interruption handler and an operating system for handling of hardware interruptions by the operating system is disclosed. A recommendation for handling...
6820153 Interrupt processing and memory management method in an operation processing device and a device using the same  
In operation processing devices based on Java (a registered trademark), each time a functional program is executed, in response to a command to access that function, a work area for the program...
6745321 Method and apparatus for harvesting problematic code sections aggravating hardware design flaws in a microprocessor  
A method and apparatus for harvesting problematic code sections that may cause a hang condition based on a hardware design flaw is presented. Monitoring is performed to detect a hang condition....
6742089 Access controller and access method for controlling access from a CPU to a memory based on use states of plural access ports  
An access controller comprising plural access ports in which information associated with access from a CPU is stored for each access, and a bank management unit for managing use states of the...
6735690 Specifying different type generalized event and action pair in a processor  
A processor with a generalized eventpoint architecture, which is scalable for use in a very long instruction word (VLIW) array processor, such as the manifold array (ManArray) processor is...
6718414 Function modification in a write-protected operating system  
An apparatus and method are disclosed for runtime modification of called functions within a write-protected operating system. The access state of a processor is altered to allow modification of the...
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